#EFE09C#EFE09C

#EFE09C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.088 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE09C
RGB	rgb(239, 224, 156)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 34.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.95, -4.64, 35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.95, 35.50, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0111 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.088 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.2540, 74.0642, 42.1464)
Luminance	0.7406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE09C #9CABEF

analogous

#EFB79C #EFE09C #D4EF9C

triadic

#EFE09C #9CEFE0 #E09CEF

tetradic

#EFE09C #9CEFB7 #9CABEF #EF9CD4

square

#EFE09C #9CEFB7 #9CABEF #EF9CD4

split-complementary

#EFE09C #9CD4EF #B79CEF

monochromatic

#DEBF33 #E6D067 #EFE09C #F8F0D1 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#EFE09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE09C

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE09C	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 224, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.088 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e9ba',
    500: '#efe09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe09c;
$custom-light: #f5e9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.157,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90317,
    "c": 0.08802,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE09C

secondary

#6376CC

accent

#34D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE09C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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